While working on a skeletal of Mahajangasuchus, i really thought i was doing something wrong, but... no, it seems it really did have these PRETTY long legs?!? - ThreadSky

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literallymiguel.bsky.social • 28 days ago

While working on a skeletal of Mahajangasuchus, i really thought i was doing something wrong, but... no, it seems it really did have these PRETTY long legs?!?

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saurosultan.bsky.social•28 days ago

Wait a second, if Mahajangasuchus actually had long legs, would this actually have the implications that its relative Kaprosuchus might've actually been moving quite well on land as was initially though, or is there a tad more nuance to this?

literallymiguel.bsky.social•27 days ago

despite all the hype with kaprosuchus' skull, it still conforms to a semiaquatic lifestyle pretty well, BUT the same can be said of mahjangasuchus, and this one has pretty long legs, so kapro could definitively have legs like that too, although anything right now is pure speculation (unless-

saurosultan.bsky.social•27 days ago

Aye, fair enough. At least it still means a speculative possibility that the long legs would help with easier terrestrial travel, even with the semi-aquatic niche. Perhaps they might prove an advantage traversing between faraway watering-holes, I would think

literallymiguel.bsky.social•27 days ago

-there's isotope/finite element studies on kapro's teeth and skull, or more remains are found)

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